Damned 13th Regression – 324



<Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 324>

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Joo Gong-hyeok did as he said.

There were no colleagues beside him as he went to the 88th floor to kill the Demon King. Of course there was no avatar.

Joo Gong-hyuk went through the magic labyrinth on the 88th floor alone.

It was not difficult to navigate the long and winding magic labyrinth. Because I’ve already overcome it.

Thanks to the presence of the GM Joo Gong-hyeok was now navigating the infamous labyrinth at an unrealistic speed but he was still impatient.

There would be a battle going on downstairs on the floor where the hunters were stationed.

This is a fact that can be known from previous experiences.

This is also a fact that can be known through messages sent from hunters who are currently dying.

When the challenger enters the 88th floor the Demon King sends an army consisting of monsters and knights to the human base and launches a large-scale attack.

It is a delay operation to force the challenger to return to protect his power.

You must not fall for that operation.

At that moment the Demon King will immediately retreat his army and the moment the challenger who returned once steps on the 88th floor again he will repeat the invasion of his army again.

If the process is repeated more people die.

So Joo Gong-hyeok ignored the fight going on outside and went ahead.

At this moment the hunters are probably fighting their final battle.

Edgar probably couldn’t stay still and was fighting desperately.

Then out of fear of dying I repeatedly warned Edgar not to go into dangerous situations. Still I’m worried that I might die.

I even thought about secretly giving him poison so he wouldn’t get involved in the fight. There is a secret secretly created solitude and if you take it properly you will be safe from lying down sick and not being able to participate in the final battle that is happening outside.

If he did so he could not put that idea into practice for fear that the rumor would spread that the leader of the legion had cheated in the final battle. It was difficult if Edgar’s authority was undermined.

It would have been nice if the Demon King was still alive. You can disguise yourself as a guy and attack him and kill half of him.

If we were to do something similar now there wouldn’t be any notorious villains left alive. It’s been a long time since they killed even the chieftains of the beast tribe and the dragon god who were good at camouflaging themselves. I feel so sad about that fact now.

So we have to kill the demon lord as quickly as possible.

That’s quite possible.

Aren’t you the strongest you’ve ever been?

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Why did he try so hard to become stronger by committing a series of betrayals that were practically a gamble given the high risk of being found out?

It wasn’t simply that the stronger the better. If the purpose was just to clear it was better to reach the appropriate clear specifications in a safe way.

All of this was to gain the strength to solve everything on my own.

It was necessary to prevent the formation of a hunter organization that would likely have a high death rate in order to send Joo Gong-hyeok to the devil. It was necessary to ensure that other hunters did not have to get involved in the fight against the Demon King or the Four Heavenly Kings.

It was designed for that purpose.

It was designed to be an overwhelming development in which the main character solves all dangers alone while increasing the survival rate of ‘good guys’ such as Edgar and Soma Sangai.

I am truly confident that I can record the fastest speed.

It’s something I hate to imagine but even if there is a next round I won’t be stronger than I am now.

In this episode not only was he completely successful without any of his betrayals being discovered but wasn’t he also unlucky with Azazel getting seriously injured in front of him?

It is difficult to hope for such luck to happen again.

Everything must be resolved in this episode. certainly.

In order to calm the anxiety swirling inside him Joo Gong-hyeok started delusional.

Did the Dragon God kill the Demon King in three sums?

I might be able to kill it for a sum or two!

“I’m here Demon Lord! “Put it all out there…”

And when Joo Gong-hyeok finally arrived at the Demon King’s room the Demon King’s throne was empty.

The Demon King had already run away.

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The Demon King ran down the 88th floor hallway breathing heavily.

The corridors on the 88th floor are all part of the Magic Labyrinth. The Demon King devoted himself to escaping by actively using the secret passage hidden there but he could feel the distance between him and his challenger narrowing by the minute.

How?

I had long ago abandoned any thoughts of fighting my challenger.

The one who slaughtered all the Four Heavenly Kings the one who destroyed all the threats lurking in Babel the one who inherited the power of the Archangel and the one who even changed the avatar the power provided by Babel into his own power…

Even in the countless history of Babel there has never been a report of a challenger like that!

Something is wrong. I submitted a report to my superiors to request support but there has been no response yet.

It takes time until the higher-ups respond to help. And you have to survive.

To prolong his life the demon king ran and ran. Almost two hours.

And then the challenger caught up with the devil.

The challenger even absorbed the power of “Swiftness” by killing Cluesti of Thunder Light Cheonchu in a special way. It is impossible to resist that speed.

“Gotcha.”

Even “destruction” “impenetrability” and “foresight” are all inherent in the challenger. And even the power of an archangel.

As soon as the monster’s voice was heard the Demon King shouted the words he had been repeating in his mind.

“Don’t attack for a moment just wait! We can negotiate. Do you want peace for humanity? I will give it to you! “If you want the world not just half of it but all of it.”

Negotiations failed. The challenger was extremely angry.

“I’m sorry no I’m not sorry but I’m a little upset.”

The devil’s horn was caught in Joo Gong-hyeok’s outstretched hand.

Without giving the Demon King time to say anything more the ruthless challenger slammed his fist into the Demon King’s face.

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Currently Joo Gong-hyeok’s body is not a type I particle that can only approach the speed of light. It is not a type II particle that travels exactly at the speed of light nor is it a type III particle that only exceeds the speed of light and cannot travel below it.

Here is an inexplicable being made of flesh and blood that cannot be explained by human physics.

That punch is faster than light surpassing even a small amount of time and is also accelerated to “speed.” It is a punch that leaves not only sound but also waves for a long time.

So after the demon king’s jawbone was torn away along with the flesh and muscles attached to it only at the next moment did a wave of light due to the intense movement flash.

The loud bang sounded only a few beats later.

“Uh uh….”

Only the tongue was hanging from the face of the demon king whose lower crown had been blown away. The Demon King muttered with only his vocal cords in terrible pain.

“…「Law of Destruction」…”

Have you squeezed out the last of your strength?

The Demon King’s power was manifested twice at the same time. This is the first time I have encountered this in any episode.

At that moment Joo Gong-hyuk felt the two remaining avatars disappearing.

It doesn’t matter what “GM” I kept because it was so useful and “King Asura” who I left behind as a shield to prevent the GM from being erased by the law of annihilation. The GM was not a combat avatar from the beginning and King Asura refused to cooperate after the betrayal that day.

Joo Gong-hyuk is still the strongest challenger in Babel history.

The strongest challenger didn’t care about his losses and just kept punching again and again.

Just a few seconds later the Demon King became a strange mixture of bones flesh and muscles and it flowed down on the floor.

All that destruction occurred much much faster than the speed of light and sound.

Therefore only after all of Joo Gong-hyeok’s destruction was over the demon king’s body seemed to finally collapse.

In the process the terrible scream he made as he died was not heard until a long time later.

It was a scream like the sound of a pig.

Joo Gong-hyeok muttered as he threw away the devil’s horn which still had its eyeballs attached.

“It’s nice to hear it now.”

Still his anger did not subside so Joo Gong-hyeok took a deep breath and sighed.

Well anyway everything is over now.

I thought to myself as I waited for the archangels to declare that fact.

Is Soma Sangai alive?

He is a guy who often talks about killing Joo Gong-hyeok or something. Looking at it he didn’t try to save his life because he was afraid that Earth might block his steps like Christina did but he also didn’t try to kill him.

Well I’ve wasted two hours so I’m probably dead by now.

Edgar Edgar is alive right?

At that time Joo Gong-hyuk felt the will to move his body.

This too was a familiar occurrence. Summoned after defeating the Demon King.

Joo Gong-hyeok did not resist the summons and submitted himself to it.

The survivors were waiting for the hero’s return.

“Joo Gong-hyeok!”

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The surviving hunters and archangels of the Angels’ Fortress looked at Joo Gong-hyeok.

The archangels did not look very favorably on Joo Gong-hyeok who they suspected of killing Azazel but they were faithful to their mission anyway.

Michael said.

“Choose a place to return to. “Humans.”

And the hunters were welcoming the great hero with thunderous applause.

““Joo Gong-hyeok! Joo Gong-hyeok—!”“

Of course Joo Gong-hyeok did not care about the gazes of the archangels or the enthusiastic cheers of the hunters.

Edgar Edgar?

“Where is Edgar?”

I grabbed a hunter by the collar and asked him and the hunter’s voice trembled.

“That’s….”

And in the next moment Joo Gong-hyeok realized that his plan had collapsed.

As expected Edgar was waiting for Joo Gong-hyeok.

He was lying in the same shape among his comrades not breathing and with his neck and body separated.

“What happened again?”

“that is….”

The corps officer’s explanation was long but the content was familiar. Because it was a repeat of what happened in the previous episode.

It could have been summarized in one sentence.

There was a danger that hunters would die in large numbers and Edgar threw himself in front of the danger and died heroically.

I promised not to do that.

The impact was so great that it almost hit even my headlights. Joo Gong-hyeok stumbled and wondered why Edgar had died again.

Even Jeong Hyeon-do survived again.

I couldn’t understand how Edgar kept dying…

I felt like I understood now.

In the past Edgar was the object of Joo Gong-hyeok’s envy.

In his weak days Joo Gong-hyeok tried to be like Edgar.

Maybe it’s the result but now the two look like mirrors.

The fact that we have been driven crazy by the incomprehensible goal of the survival of humanity is also the same as the fact that we have repeatedly committed all kinds of cruel acts for that good purpose.

As a result Joo Gong-hyeok whose life has become painful wants to die. That can only happen after the Earth has been completely saved so I just don’t hang myself right now.

So what about Edgar?

The same goes for the hero. As a result of repeated terrible acts at Babel his mind was worn out and his continuation of life became painful.

Edgar would also have wanted to end the series of suffering.

So whenever I felt that it was okay to die I would have tried to do so without hesitation.

The only difference is that Edgar does not look at the situation as far as Joo Gong-hyeok does and when he decides that it is time to clear Babel and that he can save humanity he immediately surrenders himself to death.

As Edgar’s successor Joo Gong-hyeok can be sure of that fact.

‘…I can sleep peacefully. You take care of the rest. ‘You remember us.’

Edgar cried a little while listening to Raoul’s will.

These were not tears of mourning. It must have been tears of envy.

Joo Gong-hyeok can also be sure of that fact. Because Joo Gong-hyeok was like that at that time.

How sweet is the rest you take after finishing your work?

So even though Edgar had not finished his work yet he arbitrarily decided that it was done and left to rest.

He left all his duties behind and went to rest alone!

“Edgar Edgar I told you not to look after me….”

Joo Gong-hyeok muttered and the hunters approached. Did he interpret it as the sadness of losing a close friend coming out in the form of anger?

“Don’t be too buried in sadness. He was doing something glorious.”

Joo Gong-hyeok’s fist landed on the head of the hunter who was comforting him. This time it was a fist that left light and sound behind.

Of course she was weaker than the Demon King so her beautiful head disappeared without even leaving a trace.

Screams echoed from all directions but Joo Gong-hyeok didn’t care.

Joo Gong-hyeok still angry glared at Edgar’s corpse.

And kicked him hard.

Edgar’s body which was already a mess became unrecognizable after that single kick.

Joo Gong-hyeok shouted amidst the flying blood and bone fragments.

“I told you not to fall behind you bastard!”

The hunters watching held their breath.

They also already knew that Joo Gong-hyeok had repeatedly urged Edgar not to die.

But I thought it was just a sign of love.

It was difficult to feel a sense of love in the violence that reduced corpses to mush.

Joo Gong-hyeok glared at the hunters with eyes full of anger and madness.

And asked.

“Who are the guys I was with?”

The corps executives looked at each other turned around and began to run away.

Joo Gong-hyeok ran out after them. Someone standing next to him shouted.

“Stop it!”

As he ran out Joo Gong-hyeok also punched the arrogant hunter in the face.

Only after creating the corpse of another old hunter did Joo Gong-hyeok scream hysterically.

“shut up!”

And I kept running.

The Legion’s executives were captured one by one and began to be brutally murdered but none of the hundreds of thousands of hunters gathered here had any intention of stopping them.

It’s worth it. Who would dare stop the strongest hunter who has gone crazy?

But at this moment Joo Gong-hyeok is not really crazy. I’m not even pretending to be crazy.

They just go half crazy and don’t bother trying to hold on to reason.

Surprisingly this decision to lose one’s mind is quite rational.

Even at this moment of madness Joo Gong-hyuk is revising the plan that was ruined by Edgar’s death.

When we return to Earth we will have to control and judge the Hunters again.

This time Joo Gong-hyeok has to do it alone so he needs to make up for his lack of ability as a leader who has already proven to be unqualified.

Madness will help.

Unlike the 9th episode which was cold beyond reasonable this time when he returns to Earth he will kill hunters as he pleases.

If they are rude if they go against their will or if they even go against what they say they will kill the hunters.

They will kill hunters even if there is no need to kill them.

Because it needs to be that way.

Couldn’t they be completely controlled by the dictator’s fear?

If so greater fear would be needed.

He will reign like a madman. Unlike a dictator who has his own rationality he will kill hunters as a tyrant who leaves his judgment to madness.

It will arouse such fear that one cannot even think of resisting. That’s how he will kill hunters and kill them again.

As a result of killing them the hunters will survive. With humanity and the Earth.

Even after going through ten destructions Joo Gong-hyeok has not yet given up on the survival of the hunters.

And yet if they bring about another destruction then…

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This spin-off was written in one day by dear author Geom Mi-seong and I reviewed the setting.

I would like to once again express my gratitude to author Geom Mi-seong who willingly supplemented the shortcomings of the 11th Joo Gong-hyeok’s side story and allowed me to upload it like this.

The content of the side story continues with the past flashbacks from episodes 168 and 169.